Gwilliam Iwan Jones
Gwilym Iwan Jones (3 May 1904 – 25 January 1995) was a
District Officer, led to an interest in ethnology and a second career as an academic at the University of Cambridge.[1]
Life
Jones was born in
Fellowship of Jesus College, Cambridge. He was a noted scholar on African issues, returning on various occasions to Nigeria for research. He retired in 1971, but continued to write and remained active within Jesus College.[2]
Publications
- The Ibo and Ibibio Speaking Peoples of S.E. Nigeria (with Daryll Forde) (1950)
- The Trading States of the Oil Rivers (1963)
- The Art of Southeastern Nigeria (1984) (ISBN 978-0521259279)
- Annual Reports of Bende Division, South Eastern Nigeria, 1905–1912 (1986)
- Ibo Art (1989)
- From Slaves to Palm Oil (1989)
External links
References
- ^ Fentiman, Alicia (27 February 1995). "OBITUARY: G. I. Jones". The Independent. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "About G. I. Jones". Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
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